At A Glance

16 April 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
16 April 1995 was a Sunday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Here's Johnny!” by Hocus Pocus.
Top Film of 1995
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1995 was Toy Story.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 1995
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1995 was the Ford Falcon.
Star sign
The star sign for 16 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 16 April 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 16 April 1995 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 16 April

  • 1972 Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • 2001 India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
  • 2003 The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
  • 2012 The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
  • 2012 The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.

Famous people born on 16 April

  • Sadie Sink, American actress (born 2002)
  • Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress (born 1996)
  • Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (1889–1977)
  • Bill Belichick, American football coach (born 1952)

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Events of 1995 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1995 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 January – Chief justice of the Family Court of Australia, Alastair Nicholson calls for the law to recognise homosexual couples and their children as a family unit, stating that it was "unhelpful to attempt to set limits to what a family can be."
  • 2 February – Tasmanian Premier Ray Groom defies Prime Minister Paul Keating's moratorium on logging in 72 Tasmanian coupes.
  • 25 March – Liberal candidate Brendan Smyth wins the 1995 Canberra by-election with a 16% swing, a formerly safe Labor seat occupied by Ros Kelly.
More events of 1995 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Australia in 1995

Prime Minister

Paul Keating

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.72

Loaf of Bread

$1.80

Average House

$140,000

Weekly Wage

$680.00

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